SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Spurs excitement is showing up on the tab at San Antonio bars and restaurants, and at McIntyre\u2019s Southtown it is showing up in sales.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are unprecedented numbers,\u201d said David Nelson, general manager of McIntyre\u2019s Southtown.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s huge. We\u2019ve never seen numbers quite like this,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cIt\u2019s brought a lot of people out, people I\u2019ve never seen before. It\u2019s helped the business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans said game nights fill up the city\u2019s gathering spots.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the bars are going to be packed, all the restaurants, anywhere you can watch the games at,\u201d Spurs fan Ashley Ventura said.<\/p>\n
One tab at one bar is only part of the picture. David Gonzalez of Visit San Antonio said out-of-town fans account for a share of the crowd at every home game.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn average, 10%-20% of the seats at Frost Bank Center are booked by visitors,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
Those trips can include more than a game: a hotel room, a meal and time spent exploring the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt benefits everybody to have the Spurs winning,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
Spurs fan Nicolas Ventura said the visitors are part of the appeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost importantly, it gets tourists to come in. In the playoffs we had people here from Minnesota and of course all the New York fans were here,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool to see people come here that aren\u2019t from here and they get to experience local places like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
For fans at the bar, the season itself is reason enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a heartbreaker at the end of the season, so we\u2019re excited to be back. Can\u2019t wait,\u201d Spurs fan Joey Rea said.<\/p>\n
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